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| Activity |
Time Commitment |
Travel |
Method |
Colleague Interaction |
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| Write test questions for initial qualifying exams |
From 10-25 hours each year |
No |
Web-based submission |
Feedback from one or two individuals |
| Serve as subspecialty committee member for development of "exam of the future" |
One in person meeting
One-two electronic meetings per year (three-year term) |
Possible travel to Tucson AZ, other location, or may be done remotely |
Committee meeting combined with follow-up submitted electronically |
Committee of colleagues in same specialty meets in person and electronically over three years |
Serve as examiner for (oral) final certifying exam
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Five days around first week of June or three days around first week of November |
Yes: Louisville KY |
First day orientation session, followed by four full days of examining 13-16 candidates/day in subspecialty |
15-20 colleagues in same subspec-ialty, plus 175+ total diagnostic radiologists serving on examiner panels together; additional social opportunities |
Serve as subspecialty committee member for Maintenance of Certification exam-development committee
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One in person meeting
One-two electronic meetings per year (three-year term) |
Possible travel to Tucson AZ, other location, or may be done remotely |
Committee meeting combined with follow-up submitted electronically |
Committee of colleagues in same specialty meets in person and electronically over three years
Some materials sent and returned via email with no travel |
Application Reviewer for Self-assessment Modules (SAMs) for the Maintenance of Certification program
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One-two hours (avg.) per review, one-six times per year |
None |
E-mail exchange, some FTP exchange for larger files |
Occasional electronic contact with other reviewers in same subspecialty |
Survey respondent – surveys related to various ABR issues, ranging from your current practice activities to your feedback on proposals
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Less than one hour per survey, up to 12 times per year |
None |
Web-based surveys with checklists and occasional free-text responses |
Summary of survey results |
